Obv: Shield of arms, crest an eagle, stork supporters, 1799 below, MONTROSE HALFPENNY around. Rev: View of building, MONTROSE LUNATIC HOSPITAL around, 1781 ERECTED BY SUBSCRIPTION in exergue. Edge: PAYABLE BY ANDREW NICOL TOBACONIST X.
Very Fine. Old clean. Rare.
You would think that this token would be for the Montrose Lunatic Hospital, but it was instead made for Andrew Nicol, a tobacconist in Montrose. Note the late date of 1799, two years after Matthew Boulton’s Soho Mint started minting Regal coinage.